The White House is planning to ask Congress to claw back more than $1 billion slated for public broadcasting in the United States, according to two people briefed on the plan, a move that could ultimately eliminate almost all federal support for NPR and PBS.

https://archive.ph/Ygvtg

  • Rhaedas
    224•2 months ago

    When you find yourself on the other side from Big Bird, Mr. Rogers, and Captain America, you need to do some serious reevaluation.

    • Bone
      31•2 months ago

      With the news of younger generations (around the world even) aligning themselves with right wing thinking, I wouldn’t be surprised if these icons aren’t all labeled as some kind of wimps. To be dunked on all day without really knowing what they’re talking about let alone a solution for the things these programs tackled. And, they’re letting the worst people destroy it all (some of them are literal rapists)!

      • @Parsizzle@lemm.eeEnglish
        4•2 months ago

        Wasn’t Mr. Roger’s a green beret in Vietnam though? Wouldn’t these people idolize that aspect of him?

        • Bone
          25•2 months ago

          Apparently that’s a debunked myth. Besides, he was born in 1928 which would have made him old for that war.

          None of these things would matter though. A common thread simply seems to be a hatred toward empathy and those who espouse it. These were kind people and worthy causes. Primed to be destroy by these goons.

          • @Parsizzle@lemm.eeEnglish
            12•2 months ago

            Oh gotcha! Your comment made me realize I had Mr. Roger’s confused with Bob Ross anyway, and was still wrong 😅. Thanks for clearing it up!

        • @curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          11•2 months ago

          He registered for the draft just after WW2, then after a physical was deemed unqualified for service. He graduated college a few years later.

          From the start of Vietnam to the end, he was working on a children’s show in Pittsburgh, making a show up in Canada that was the precursor to mister Rogers neighborhood, then from 1968 for the next 33 years he was in/running mists Rogers neighborhood.

          • ...m...
            3•2 months ago

            …he did emerge victorious from the ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny, though…

    • @mister_flibble@lemm.ee
      7•2 months ago

      I hope Sesame Street just goes all in, owns this, and has Bert and Ernie get married already. They haven’t done a wedding since Maria and Luis in the 80s and we all know those two are banging.